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MACHINE FOR BENDING METAL. No. 288,936. Patented Nov. 20, 1888.

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U rrn STATES ATENT OFFICE.-

THOMAS RICE FREEMAN, OF SIOUX FALLS, DAKOTA TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J AMES BRADLEY VANDAWORKER, OF SAME PLACE MACHINE FOR BENDING METAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersiatent No. 288,936, dated November 20, 1883.

Application filed September 8, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it 111.611 concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS R. FEEEMAN, of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, Dakota Territory, have invented a new and Improved Maohine forBendinp Metal, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descript-ion.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved machine for bending metal strips to form kettle-handles, roof-cleats, &c.

.The invention consists of the combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set fOlt-l'l and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved mechanism for bending metal. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line y, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line as so, Fig. 1, showing it adjusted for bending roof cleats for fiat seams; and Fi 5 is a like sectional View, showing it adjrsted for bending cleats for standing seams. Fig. 6 is a frontview of the flanged angular plate.

A base-plate, A, is provided on its bottom with a downwardly-projecting lug, B,

which is passed into an aperture in a block or table to hold the plate in place. One edge,

0, of the plate is bent the same shape as.

half of a kettle-handle, and is provided with a recess, 1), for receiving one end of a strip from which the handle is made. .A recess, E, is formed on the top of the plate, and the outer end of the bottom of the recess is providedv with a bevel, F. .A plate, G, is socured on the top of the plate A, over the recess E. The end of the strip for forming a kettlehandle is placed between the plate G and the bottom of the recess, and is bent down. against the bevel F, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Its end is then placed in the recess 1), and the strip is bent against the edge G, as stated. Half of the handle is thus manner.

That edge of the plate A opposite the edge 0 is provided with a recess, H, and the rear part of the recess is provided with a downward bevel, J, at the bottom of which ahorizontal groove, K, is formed.

A block, L, is hinged at the outer edge of the bottom of the recess H, and has its outer edge beveled downward to fit against the bevel J when the block L is swung up against the said bevel J. The block Lis provided with a handle, N. The surface of the block L and of the recess H, the bevel J, and the recess K are covered with metal plates in case the block A is made of wood.

An angle-plate, O, providedat its free end with a flange, 1?, is hinged to the top of the plate A near the upper edge of the bevel J. A binding-screw, Q, passed through the plate 0, is adapted to be screwed into the top of the plate A, to hold the plate 0 in place. A plate, R, is held on the bottom of the recess H, to form a horizontal groove, S, in the edge of the plate A. If a cleat is to be bent for a flat seam, the edge of the strip is placed in the groove S under the plate R, bent over the plate R, and is bent against the bevel J by turning the block L upward to press the metal against the bevel J, as shown in Fig. i. If a cleat for a standing seam is to be formed,the plate 0 is swung down and is locked in place by means of the screw Q. The edge of the metal strip is placed in the groove K, and the block L is swung upward to press the metal strip against the plate 0, .as shown in Fig. 5.

The edge of the flange P is provided at one end with a projection or tooth, T, adapted to rest on the plate R, whereby a recess is formed between the plate R, to permit passing the metal strip into the groove K.

Having thus described my invention I claim.

as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a machine for bending metal plates or strips, the combination, with the plate A, having a recess, H, a bevel, J, and a groove,

formed, and the other half is formed in a like K, of the hinged beveled bloek L, having 2t handle, N', the plate R, the 'flz'tnged angular plate 0; hinged on the top of the plate, and of the screw Q, substantially as herein shown and described.

of the hinged beveled block L, angular plate 0, having a flange provided with teeth or 10 projections T, and of the screw Q, substantially as herein shown and described.

THOMAS RICE FREEMAN.

2. In a machine for bending metal plates Witnesses: the combination, with the base-plate A, hav- Lu. ESTERBROOK, ing a recess, H, a bevel, J, and agroove, K, P. Y. JONES. 

